European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 12, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes . Sunday december 12,1993anti-missile system May violate treaty Washington apr an army anti missile system under development would violate a 1972 arms control treaty because it theoretically could shoot Down Long Range ballistic missiles of the Type Russia is retaining in its Arsenal a White House memo says. A full scale defense against Long Range missiles is prohibited by the anti ballistic missile treaty and the Clinton administration has said it will adhere to the agreement. The treaty also prohibits Fielding even a single missile interceptor that has a the capability to counter any Long Range ballistic missiles. The intent is to permit Only defences against Short Range ballistic missiles. Thus As the abm treaty stands the. Army a new system a known by its missile designation As theater High Altitude area defense or thanab a would not be allowed the memo said. But a to protect our critical interest in deploying Thad the United states has proposed at arms talks in Geneva that the system be considered permissible As Long As it is never tested against Long Range missiles the memo said. A the problem is that our technical analyses indicate that Thad will have a theoretical ability to counter certain strategic missile types that will comprise a significant portion of russians strategic Force once the latest arms reduction treaties Are implemented Early in the next decade the memo  copy of the memo was obtained by the associated press on thursday. The memo also disclosed that the Clinton administration is dropping efforts to change the abm treaty to permit an anti missile system that could protect All . Territory against missile  the administration has decided that for now it also will not pursue a partial missile defense of the United states which is allowed under the abm treaty but which has not been fielded. The unannounced shift in the . Position was conveyed to russian officials recently in Geneva. It marked a departure from the approach of the Bush administration which sought the treaty change As part of a plan to put at least a few Hundred interceptor missiles at five or six Sites around the United states and to use space based sensors to direct to incoming missiles. Defense Secretary Les Aspin said in october that he had shifted the Pentagon s priorities toward a theater missiles defense a ways of shooting Down Short Range missiles such As Iraq s scuds a that threaten troops in Battle. But he was not explicit about the future of a nationwide missile defense except to say that $600 million a year would be spent to research the subject. Gear training Inb-2 Washington a the b-2 stealth bomber will begin flying training missions this month Over Missouri Ana Kansas the air Force says. The service s first operational b-2 is to Fly Friday from its test Plant at Palmdale calif., to Whiteman fab mo., the commander of the air combat come said Friday. Gen. John m. Loh who As commander has Day to Day control of air Force bombers and .-based combat aircraft said that he has eight pilots in. Training to begin flying the Bat winged bomber and that the skies near Whiteman provide excellent training areas. After a year of training missions b-2s Are to be ready to Fly combat missions by 1995, and the full complement of 20 aircraft a two full squadrons a Are scheduled to be stationed at Whiteman by the turn of the Century. The first High tech bomber has limited capabilities compared with those that will be delivered later because of corrections being made to improve the aircraft a Stealthy characteristics the general said. The aircraft was designed to evade soviet radar and attack deep into enemy territory. But the end of the cold War and defense budget cuts meant the air. Force had to slash its envisioned Fleet of 132 aircraft. In the 1994 defense budget approved last month Congress capped the program at 20 planes with a $44.5 Oil lion Price tag. Loh denied reports that he has been lobbying to increase the number of planes above the 20 Mark. �?o1 do not have a plan and 1 have not submitted a plan for additional b-2s,�?� he said Quot i would like to have More b-2s, but the fact of the matter is our current budget wont support  Loh said that he is obligated to evaluate the Pentagon a Long term needs for a bomber Force and the availability of the nations defense Industrial base to support that should an increased need for combat aircraft arise. If the nation decided it might need More b-2s in the future perhaps a a relatively modest investment now would protect the Industrial base needed to support additional aircraft rather than allow it to Wither away the general said. He said he did not know what amount that might be adding that the subject needs study. Rep. Ronald v. Dellums d-calif., has criticized Loh for promoting additional procurement of the bombers saying such an action would jeopardize the defense budget. Loh said the aircraft which can Fly 6,000 Miles without being refuelled will be Able to reach any spot in the Globe with two Refu Elings. Looking a gift Camel in the Mouth two boys feed a Friend recently at Brit ten elementary school in Linesville a. The Camel is part of a twosome presented to the 24th inf div at nearby fort Stewart by Sheik Khalid Kano of saudi Arabia in appreciation of the division s help in protecting the country during the 1991 persian Guif War. Air National guard unit allegedly unsafe Harrisburg a. A an air National guard unit near Philadelphia is Rife with incidents of unsafe and illegal flying record falsification and other shoddy practices former and current employees say. Pilots at the tilth fighter group say the incidents include one Pilot who made an emergency Landing after taking off without enough fuel and two others who came within 400 feet of each other while travelling at 800 feet per second. A lawyer hired by two pilots said the units commander it. Col. Lou Meier flew for months despite warnings that his legally required proficiency Check had expired. Michael Curtis who left the unit in april said it. Co. Frank Lochocki falsified a record to show Curtis completed a flight simulator test july 10,1992. A i never took it a said Curtis a Pilot for a commercial airline. A a it a not something in a proud of but that a what  pilots said some of the More experienced fliers were chastised by their superiors after speaking against what they believed were unsafe flying practices. Almost a dozen current and former pilots and maintenance employees were interviewed by the associated press. Most requested anonymity because they feared retribution. Meier declined to comment on the allegations As did Pennsylvania Deputy adjutant general Robert Chrisjohn who oversees the air National guard. The National guard in Washington d.c., has investigated the Nas Willow Grove based group but has not released its findings. The 1,000-member unit one of five air National guard units in Pennsylvania consists of about 35 fighter pilots and 20 fighter planes. The Willow Grove unit voluntarily suspended training flights for two Days in october after the probe began. Col. Coleman Hampton and col. Gary Poole the Only members of the unit to graduate from the elite . Air Force fighter weapons Center at Nellis fab nev., tired a lawyer Bud Day after they were ordered out of fighters and into cargo planes in june. Hampton the officer in charge of making sure proficiency checks were completed was removed from the paperwork duties in june but continued daily examinations of Meier a flight status until August Day said. During that time Meier whose proficiency Check had expired in april continued flying without clearance despite Hampton a warnings Day said. The pilots declined to discuss the matter because of the complaint they have filed with the Pennsylvania department of military affairs. Day said he has sent a letter to supervisors asking that Hampton and Poole be reinstated. Day also said he Hopes his action forces out the units management. A if they re successful in getting rid of Poole and Hampton this Guy Meier will become god a Day said. A fall he has to do from that Point on is blink and someone a _ a r. Toil it career can come to an end. Everybody will be too terrorized to oppose